Obama makes a horse deal with Republicans to extend the Bush Tax Cuts and the Left goes ballistic. Plus bad liberal filmmaking, a Chinese super-bubble, and why we should all calm down over Julian Assange Wikileak threats.

"Speaker of the House John Boehner seems to be between a rock and a hard place. If he comes to a compromise, he will be seen as selling out the block of Tea Party conservatives concerned with ending out of control government growth. But if Republicans stick together, they will be painted as inflexible and extreme." -- Allen Barton